The Old Fire Station
The Old Fire Station, Faversham, ME13 7GU · Kent · South East
Community based adult social care services · operated by Age Concern Gillingham
CQC marks this as an inherited rating — carried over from the location's previous registration (for example after a change of ownership), not from an inspection of the current registration.
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Effective is Requires improvement (14 Aug 2019), and the rating is 6 years old.
- Below Good on
- EffectiveRequires improvement14 Aug 2019rating 3+ yrs old
- Age of rating
- 6 years old — published 14 Aug 2019. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Effective | Requires improvementrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Caring | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Responsive | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
| Well-led | Goodrating 3+ yrs old | 14 Aug 2019 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 1 other location
Other active services registered to Age Concern Gillingham. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| The Clarendon Royal Community | Not yet rated | Kent |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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- Service type
- Community based adult social care services
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-28518478929
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.